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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1858-06-15

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, i 4V f-f? I o VOL. IV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, .1858. NO. 31. mm . fltf IWf Iff 1 !( ,1 If 71 . II J. II II IMI (Ml II (III II RUTH. When the midnight kissed the hill-tops In the dew of early morn, ltuth went out behind the reapers, Through the golden shocks of corn. Patience gleaned with her the pastures, Hope sobbed softly In her sighs, , Lore lit up ber trembling features With a glow of Paradise. Then said Boaz to the reapers, "Hers be all that each man leaves; Trouble not the Jewish maiden, Let her glean among the sheaves," Long the master loved to linger Looking backward o'er the plain, Seeing there a sweeter treasure, m Than the summer scented grain. Ruth no longer haunts the pastures, Sobs no more amid the corn; Follows not the other reapers Through the dewy fields of morn. But the harvest-sons from meadow, Slum'brous bill-side, billowy plain, Bear the tidings "She is mistress Over all the rustling grain." Thus when Hope and Love and Patience : ' Glean the pasture Ood his sown, Softly angel-songs shall welcome Us, the reapers, as His own. Jba'ICerboq? HJife Cqired. My friend Wilkins married a sweet young girl of a quiet, amiable disposition, but in no way skilled in those domestic arts without a knowledge of which a wife's duties are always felt to be hard in the beginning. He was the envy of more than one who had aspired to the possession of her hard. I knew him to be industrious, intelligent and kind-hearted; tnd I felt sure that he had taken a life-companion who would be faithful and loving. The promise was bright enough to warrant a prophecy of more than ordinary happiness. They removed to another town. Ten years afterwards, in passing through that town, I called upon Wilkins, who met me with the old frank cordiality. Eyes and face were in a glow of pleasure, when, still grasping bis hand, I inquired after his wife. His countenance changed instantly. ., "Poor Mary!' he said, in a sad, discouraged way. ''She has no health." "I am sorry!" was my natural response. "Sickness and the loss of our children have so worn down body and mind that she is cow but a shadow of her former self. Worst of all her nerves are completely shattered. But you must see her. To meet an old friend will do her good. W ill you spend the evening with us?" I assented, and then made further inquiries about his family and worldly condition. His story was not a very bright one. The birth of the ir first child was followed by a prostrating sickness, which brought the young moth's1. to the utmost verge of death. "She has never had good health sinco,"said Wilkins, in a depressed voice. "My income was small.and we could not afford the amount of household assistance, in the beginning, that she really required; and so everything was against her restoration to sound health. Children came rapidly, bringing with them more exhausting cares. And the death of two of our little ones.to which I have referred, seem, eil to complete the work of ruin. She is now a hopeless invalii, a poor weak, nervous, unhappy creature, a mere wreck of what you saw ten years ago, moving, like a fearful ghost, through her daily round of duties, and and only kept alive by the constant and careful attention of a physician. I don't think the doctor has been out of my house for two weeks at a time for six years, and I am sure has received more than three hundred pounds of money in that time. The fact is what with doctor's bills, nurses, medicines, and the hundred nameless expenses a sick and nervous wife entails upon a man, my fortunes have been marred. Tbey keep me poor. . Wilkins spoke in a fretful tone. It was plain that he had grown impatient under the trials to which the bad health of his wife had -exposed him. I called at bis offico again towards evening, and went home with him. Had I met Mrs. Wilkins in the street,! would not have recog nized in her the happy bride who tan years before, blushing in beauty, I hod seen giving hor hand in a lifo partnership, with such loving confidence in the future, to the husband of of ber ohoice. Her countenance was wan and wasted, all the beautifully rounded outlines gone; hereyes deeply sunken, were languid almost laindifforence; her hair, once ikhly lux uriant, had fallen off, until scarce half of it re maioed, and that looked dry and , crisp, with here and there a premature line of grey. She .stooped slightly,and hor motions wire lifeless. A faint smile parted her lips as I grasped her hand with all the warmth of a genuine friendly interest. But it faded almost as soon as it was bom, . I tried to Ulk with her in a cheerful strain, and did succeed in awakening a brief interest in tbe olden time. But the present was too painfully real; it would not pei roil her thoughts to indulge in pleasant fanciest I could not helping asking about k herself sod ber children; and this turned the dttfrcnt of her feelings into its wanted channel; and I listened to ber sad heart tories.and painful experiences in sickness, until my own feelings were doepy (shadowed. I pitied her. Into what ft world of misery, instead of happiness, had1, marriage translated Bert ' As she tilked I observed ber husband tare- fully. It was plain that he had butlittle sym psthr with his wife 4 state of feeling. .He was a sufferer wi)th her, though in lighter do- gree; and, as his sufferings originated in her, there was plainly, a certain lack of kindly patience towards his companion. Several times he interrupted her, trying to draw the conversation into another channel; and once or twice he threw in depreciating sentences, as if she wero exaggerating the unhappy story of hor lifo. I learned that Mrs. Wilkins rarely, if even went out of her own house. Her duties were very arduous, and her ability, from health, small, Every day she worked to bodily exhaustion, and usually in pain. There was no recreation of anykind, bodily or mental. It was a living death. No wonder, she was drooping, wretched, nervous woman. Next day, I called to see my friend, having made up my mind to have a plain talk with him. 1 relorred to his wire, expressing my earnest sympathy in regard to her. "Poor Mary!" he replied; "her case is hope' less, and mine, too, I fear." "While there's life, there's hope," said 1 using the physician's half-despairing axiom. Ho regarded me a little curiously "How often do you take her out?' I inquir- He shook his head. "Can't afford carriage hire; 'tis as much as I can do to pay the doctor. No, no, neither of us have time nor money, to spend for riding out, "Change, and fresh air, you will find better and cheaper medicines than doctor's stuff.-Do you take ber to the sea side in summer? "You are jesting, he replied, with the air of one who felt that undue liberty bad been ta ken "Far from it, my friend," I answered seriously, 'I feci too warm an interest in you to jest on a subject like this.' "A visit to a watering place is a luxury,"he remarked sadly. "Do not namo them as luxuries in your case If the enervated votary of pleasure needs them for recreation, and to impart a new zest to the year's succeeding round of gay exis tence, bow much more essential are they for the sick, the earnest labor. I fear my friend that you have not thought wisely of your wife's true position; that, in some sense, you are to blamo for her present ill health and state o( mental depressions." "How?" Wilkins looked surprised. "The human soul," I answered, "is not a piece of Senseless machinery; not made up Of a series of iron wheels that can do their work as well in the dark underground chamber as in the broad daylight. Even the flower must have change sir, sunlight, morning, evening. and tbe advancing seasons, for its healthy growth; and maturity. But the human soul is of higher organization; and has multitudi nous wants compared with the flower. Shut up the flower from the warm sun and the re freshing air, and will it not grow sickly? nay will it not fade whither, and die? You are treating your wife with less consideration than you would treat a houso plant. No wonder that she is dying daily. Wilkins really looked amazed, and I was for a little while in doubt whether he were offended at my freedom, or astounded at his own blindness touching the nature of wants of the human soul which he had joined in life com. panionship with his own, "Nature's two best physicians," I went on 'are pure air and exercise. And, what is bet' ter, ttjey charge nothing for attendance." "To a large part of mankind," answered Wilkins, ''time is money It is our case." "Don't make that too positive a conclusion Increase the strength and you diminish the hours of labor nay, more, you remove the cause of extreme exhaustion. My word for it, if you spent twenty pounds a year in giv. ing your wife change of scene, sea-bathing, and mental as well as bodily re-creation, your doctor's bill would have been reduced by more than that amount. , How often do you take her to concerts, or other places of innocent amusement?" 'We have'nt been to a concert for five years.' Said he. "And yet I remember she was passionately fond of music. "We can't afford it," remarked Wilkins, gloomily, "Better go without a dinner occasionally. Health of the soul Is quite as essential as health of the body. If you starve the former what is there in mere eating and drinking worth living for?" "Mary would'nt go if I were to purchase tickets, ..She has housed herself so long that she has no desire to step across the thresh- hold." "For which, speaking frankly, and to an old friend, you are, in a great measure, to blame. And, nnless you at once, and with a purpose not to bo set aside by first difficulties.actuaHy compel your drooping wife to go forth, a few years will close up the history of a wretched life." "Ah!' said he, "I can feel tbe force of what vou say! But bow and where to begin? That is the question." "I notice," was my reply, "that a eelebra ted composer and pianist is in your town and will give this evening one of his concerts. Take her to hear him." "I'm sure she will not go." ' ''I am going to invite ber," said I; ."and I don't believe she will refuse me. Wilkins was quite positive. "We'll see. Yon will take a note of invi tation from me. I will encloso tickets for you both, and say that I will call in the evening, and make one of the company at the concert?' Wilkins wis incredulous, and half opposed me; but my interest in bis unhappy wife was too strong, and I resolved to have my own way. The tickets and invitation were accordingly sent. I called at my friend's office, in the afternoon, to go borne with him. "Well," said I, cheerfully, "what word from your good wife? Will she be ready for the concert?" "I'm afraid not." Wilkins shook his head and looked gloomy. "What did she say?" "That it was impossible for her to go out that she couidn't leave the children, and finally after I had met every objection with a reason that could not be gainsaid, she declared that she didn't feel a wish to go, and could not think of it." "The ice is very solid, and hard to break through." I smiled as I spoke. "It is that want of inclination which must bs overcome. She'll go if we insist upon it." "I know hor a great deal better than you do." was his answer. I went home with him. There was a change in Mrs. Wilkins; a glance revealed this. The languor and exhaustion, so painfully apparont on the previous evening, were scarcely visible. Her eyes were brighter, her countenance more elevated, her lips had a firmer outline. I saw that some attention had been given her dress; and, though not in the concert trim, it was plain enough that it would not take her a very great while to be in presentable eondition. Wilkins was in error. His wife did go to the concert, and surprised both him and herself by the amount of pleasuro she teceived from the exquisite performance. Indeed, she ex pressed her satisfaction in lively terms, and with a glowing face, in the intervals of many of the pieces. "How is Mrs. Wilkins?" I asked of my friend, as I entered his place of business on the next day. "Cotter than for many months, I am picas. ed tossy," was bis answer. "She seemed, this morning, almost another woman. That music was like an elixir to her soul." "I had faith in it," said I. "Depend upon it, Wilkins, you have been consenting to your wife's death by murder and suicide murder on your part and suicide on hers. My next recommendation is the seaside. Giro up your business for a week; take your wife to some watering place immediately. Sea air, sea-bathing and a sight of old ocean will put new life into her veins." "She can't possibly leave home. We have too many young children." 3 "She'll have to leave home, and her young children, too, for over, if you don't do some thing to save her." I spoke with some fouling, for I was a little provoked at my friond's inclination to throw difficulties in the way. "Just make up your mind that t ha thing has to be done, and I'll answer for your wife. The fact is, it's my opinion that she'll say 'Yes on the first proposition." And so she did. A little management was practised. I accepted another invitation to tea, and, during the evening, gave as graphic a description as was in my power, of the novelty, excitement add wonderfully beneficial effects of a week at the sea shore. My own experience was quite to the point, having re gained my strength almost by magic after a long period of extreme nervous exhaustion. "You must tako your wife to the seaside. It is just what she wants," said I, after the way bad boen fully prepared. Wilkins followed up with such a hearty acquiescence that the point was carried undor scarcely any appearance of objection. Difficulties were, of course, suggested; but these were pronounced of such slender importance that they were waived almost as soon as presented. Two days afterwards I had the satisfaction of seeing them off. As I shook hands with them at parting, I could see in the countenance of Mrs. Wilkins, some reviving traces of her old girlish beauty; and a rekindling in ber eyes of the light of other days. A year afterwards, I made it my business to visit my old acquaintance. He received me with a warmth of manner and cheerfulness of spirit which satisfied me that his state of mind had considerably improved. "How is Mrs. Wilkins?" I immediately inquired. A broad smile went over his face as bo re plied: 'A thousand times better than when you saw her a year ago." "I am delighted to hear you say so. How did the seaside prescription answer?" "Admirably. It worked like a charm. Ma ry came back another woman. It was to bet almost like discovering the fountain of eter nal youth. I never saw such a change in any one." "Didn't she fall back into old habits of mind and body afur bur return to the city?' -No." "How did you prevent this?" I inquired. "By acting on tbe hint you gave, I hired a carriage for an excursion, once a week, while tho pleasant weather lasted, and it cost me a few shillings each time; but it was cheaper than paying tbe doctor, and the medicine cur ed more radically. You can't imagine what a change in her feelings took place. Nothing outside of tbe narrow circle of home interested her before; thought seemed asleep, or pal sied; but now she takes an interest in every thing." - . s i' Was it sot starved into more than infan tile weakness?" I inquired. "Perhaps so," he said, thoughtfully. "The mind must have it appropriate (bod as well as the body." "Noth ing is truer than that," I replied. "And. like the body, it must have the al terations of shade and sunshine, fresh air and exercise. It most nave change ana recrea tion, as well as seasons of labor. Without these, mental health is impossible; and, without mental health, there can be no true bodily health." Husbands, I fear, are not thoughtful enough about their wives in this particular. I am very certain if every toiling housekeeper, and worn -down, exhausted mother, whose pale face is hardly ever seen beyond the portals of her own door, were forced abroad occasionally into the social world, if they would not go willingly, and taken yearly to the seaside for a few weeks, that hundreds and thousands of wivos and mothers, who are now sickly, nerv ous and unhappy, would be in tho enjoymont of good health and cheerful spirits, giving light to their homes and happiness to the hearts of their husbands. Try the prescription, yo men with sickly toiling, exhausted wives, whose pale faces haunt your homes like ghosts of former bles sings. Pity them wisely, and hold them back while you may, from the low resting places under the greon turf towards which they aro descending with rapid feet. The Useful and the Beautifui,. The tomb of Moses is unknown, but the traveler slakes his thirst at the well of Jacob. The gorgoous palace of tho wisest of inonarchs, with the cedar, and gold, and ivory, and even the Temple of Jerusalem, hallowed by the visiblo glory of tho Deity himself, are gone; but Solomon's resorvinrs are as perfect as ever. Of the ancient architecture, of tbe holy city, not one stone is left upon another; but the pool of Bethesdu commands the pilgrim's reverence to the present day. The columns ol Pcrscpolis are mouldering into the dust; but its cisterns and acqueducts remain to challenge our admiration; the golden house of Nero is a mass of ruins, but tho Aqua Claudia still pours into Komo its limpid streams. The temple of the Sun at Tadmor in the wilderness has fallen, but its fountain sparkles as freely in his rays as when thousands of worshippers thronged its lofty col-onades.It may be that London will share the fato of Babylon, and nothing bo left to mark its site save the mounds of Crumbling brickwork; but the Thames will continue to flow as it dues now. And if any work of art should still rise over the deep ocean of time, we may well believe that it will be neither palace nor temple, but some vast reservoir. And if the light of any should still flash through the midst of antiquity, it will probably be that of the man who, in his day sought the happiness of bis fellowmen rather than glory, and linked his memory to some great work of national utility and benevolence. This is the glory which outlives all other, and shines with undying lustre from generation to generation, imparting to its work something of its own immortality, and in some degree rescuing therefrom the ordinary monuments of historical tradition of more magnificence. JSvff. Chriitian Advocate. Support your Home Papers. The Cleveland Herald talks thus sensibly upon tho duty of supporting home papers: 'Recollect if a home weekly paper is to be supported, home influeneo must do it. Every aouar sent to eastorn papers is at the expense of tbe local papers. A county acquires prominence through its papers more than in anv othor way, and to everyone who has county interests at staico, nis homo paper is a neces sity. Never will such a man take a paper printed away from home until he 13 able to take a second paper. His first paper will be his home sheet, and ho will so identify his home interests with that of his county paper. as to consider his subscription as much a mat-tor of yearly duty as the payment of bis taxes. Make a Beginning'. Remember, that in all things, if vou do not begin, you will never come to an end. The first weed pulled up, in the garden, the first seed set in the ground, the first shilling put into the savings bank, and the first mile traveled iu a journey, are all important things they make a beginning, and thereby a hrpo.a promise, a pledge, an assurance that you are in earnest with what you have undertaken. Uow many a poor, idle, erring, hesitating out cast is now creeping and crawling his way through the world, who might have held up his bead and prospered, it instead of putting on cis resolutions oi amendments and indus try, had he only made a beginning. Ilarriage an Antidote. The Buffalo Express states that a vordant but excessively loving couple belonging to Canada, upon getting married traveled across the line, and brought up at a Hotel in Clove land. Upon retiring at night, th rough haste, or negligence, or ignorance, tbey blow out the gas instead of turning it out. In the morning, while the boarders in all the adjoining rooms wero hall dead, the happy lovers were bright er and happier than refer, lias couldn smother them. Tbe inference is (says tho Express) atht marriage is an antidote for poison. Brutes lots Men more than Women. A writer in the Atlantio Monthly puts it thus: Kato the other day, was asserting a wife's right to control her own property, and inci dentally advocating the equality of the sexes a touchy point with ber I put in. "Tell me then Kate, wby animals form stronger attachment to men than women. 1 our dog, your parrot, and even your cat, al. ready prefer me to you. How can you ao count for it, unless you allow there is more in us to respect and lover" "I account tor it," said she, with a most decided nod, 'by affinity between .jrou and the brutes." Great Hurricane nr Canada. The parish of Ste. Amies des flams, ierrebonne, ti , was visited by a destructive hurricane on tbe 15th ult In adistrict two miles long by one broad, forty buildings, including eleven dwel ling houses, were destroyed. Fortunately there was no loss of human life; three cows and a horse were killed. Trees of tbe largest sise were prostrated, and great damage done to fences. A barn 60 feet long, with all its contents, was carried ten feet front its site without being destroyed. The damage done is estimated at $80,000. Cttr Rufus Choate is suggested by a Demo- cratio paper as a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts at tne next election. To re concile tbe party to the nomination, the suggestion is accompanied with a bint that tbe Democrats will probably fail to elect their tick et this year, whoever is run. The Tomb of David. The following description of the tomb of David is from the new work "The City of the great King," by Jas. T. Barclay, (now in course of publication by James Cballes & Sons, Philadelphia:) The reputed tomb of David is Just outside .ion uute, hard by the toonaculum and American cemettry. It is surrounded by an irregular pue oi buildings, and surmounted by a dome and minaret. In the interior are some of the most erotusoue architectural em bollishinents imaginable, on the capitals of some remains ot tbe Crusaders' architecture. Just think of the frightful owl occupying the place of the classic acanthus and the mythic ioiusi w e passed the several balls and corn-dors, evidently of the style of the Quixotic erra of the Crusaders' combination, before reaching the consecrated apartment, whose entnnce is guarded by double iron doors. W found here an old dervise, prostration prayer, on tne cold stone uoor. .Not being privileged, as weentcrod the sacred precincts he was con tent with gazing at the tomb through tbe iron oars; lor it is a rare thing for even a Mussut man ecclesiastic to gain admittance. "J he room is insignificant in its dimen sions, but is furnished very gorgeously. The tomb is apparently un immense sarcophagus oi rough stone, and is covered by green satin tapestry richly embroidered with gold. To this a piece of black velvet is attached, with a few inscriptions from the Koran embroider ed also in gold. A sa tin canopy of red, blue, green and yollow stripes hangs over tbe tomb, and another piece ot black velvet tapestry. enioroiuerea in silver covers a door in one end of tho room, which they said leads to cave underneath. Two tall silver candlesticks stand before this door, and a little lamp hangs in a wiuuow near n, wmcn is Kept constant' iy Durnmc. u he coiling or the room is vault ed, and the walls covered with blue por ceiain in iiorai bgiires. Formal Consummation of the Union of the Psalm-Singing Churches. On Wednesday morning, tho Associate and Associate Reformed Synods met in the City Hall.at Pittsburgh, and made a formal consummation of the Union between theso two bod ies Rev. Donald C. McLaren. D. D.. of Geneva New York, the senior Moderator ot the two bodies, presided. The exercises were opened with prayer by Ro .T T rv... n n rpi. . ..'m. iubo jouiea in singing ine iuuth rsalm, "All peoplo that on earth do dwoll," &o. This Psalm was sung to tho tune of "Old Hundred" Luther's grand old tuno, with which he was wont to cheer his heart, and which has since stirred the blood cf the Chris. tian of every land. The harmony of the thousand voices of that vast assembly, ming ling in praise to uoa, was sublime and impreS' sive ouyona express'on. Addresses were made by Rev. James Rogers, D. D., Rev. John T. Pressly, D. D., Rev. o. sr. smart and Ko v. James Fressly. The formal union of the two bodies was fi nally consummated by the two Moderators extending to each other tho right band of fel lowship, as a pledge of their mutual love and forbearance. The doxology was then sang by the whole congregation standing, the benediction pro nounced by tho Moderator and the ceremonies ended. The now Synods of the United Presbyte. rian Church wore constituted and is now in seS' sion. Another Military Movement. Orders have beon issued for the march of about two hundred troops from Memphis to oui norma via tne couiuern route. They take with them some four hundred hordes, in tended for Cavalry service in California. A large number of wagons were shipped on board one of our Memphis boats, a day or iwusiuce, iiuuuuea tor uid commana, out before the vessel got under way, the order was countermanded, and they have not been sent, Col. Fautleroy goes in command, and Cant. Smith, of this city, is also ordered on this duty. Misiouri Hep., 5th. Death or Another Havelock. Wo re- gret much to record the death of Lieutenant C. W. Havelock, of the Ghoorka Regiment. nophew of the late Major Goneral. On marching out of Jaur.pore, a large body of rebels were on the qut vwe to attack Sir Edward Lugard in the rear on his approach to Azimghur. This caused the Colonel to altet his plans.and compelled him before proceeding lurtner to disperse this body, and while hunting up these fellows, poor Lieutenant Havelock was shot from a hut in an obscure village. Havelock was at Goruckporo and Azimghur at tbe time ol the mutiny ol the 12th Irregulars, of which bo was adjutant. Subsequently he went up as a volunteor with his uncle, and has been before Lucknow ever since. tlis fate is deplored by all who knew him. De!M Gazette, April Vth. A Perilous Position. A lady swooned the other day before one of the horrible Cawn-pore pictures in the Royal Academy. Owing to the preposterous circumlorencc or her dress, it was found impossible to approach within several yards of her. It was apprehended at one time that she would perish within sight of several hundred sympathizing bystanders, owing to the difficulty of conveying assistance to ber; and it was not before the greater part or the skirt (more than sufficient, we are in formed, to fill with flounces and trimmings, three good sized wheelbarrows) bad been ruthlessly cut away, that restoratives could be administered to her. One minute more delay, and the case might have been fatal, Eastern Repbesiktatjon nr Congress. The election of Hon. Henry B. Anthony, the accomplished editor of the Providence Journal, to the Un ted States Senate, dis places the last supporter of the Adminntra tion, in that body, from New England. The next Congressional elections will give a like unanimity to the Opposition representation in the House from the six Eastern States. Two members from Connecticut are now the only exception. ew lorlc has no Democratic Senator, and will bare very few, if ant, lop. porters of Leoomptonism in the next House. "Weitwari tb Him of raiplre UinlU way." ft? The? are getting sharp down to Lafay ette, la., under the influence of their great mineral water facilities. A horticulturist ad vertised tbat. be would supply all sorts of trees and plants, especially "pie plants or all kinds." A gentleman thereupon sent him an order for "one package of custard pie seed.aod a few dozen of mince pie plants.'' The gar dener promptly filled tbe order by sending nin lour goose eggs, ana a small dog. From the Cincinnati Guiotte. xno "wmte siaver no Fiction a Young White) Woman Chased by tho Kentucky Hunters Her Es cape. About the first of January there arrived at the depot of the U. U. R. &., in this city, a woman, quite bandsome, and perfectly white, who came from Lexington, Ky. She told a story, the truth of which was subsequently ascertained by the tgonts of the U. G. R. It. Her father was her first master, and resided in the interior of Kentucky. As we have said, the r.egro element in her was completely bleached out. She was, consequently, treated like a free person, and was told by her father that in his will be had made provision for her manumission. Her father died, and his will was, it is supposed, destroyed by some of the heirs, as it contemplated a disposition of his property not acceptable to them. The girl was sold with the estate. She was bought by a man who treated her so badly that she attempted to run away. She was caught, brought back and beaten so that she still boars the marks of the whip upon hor back. Her second attempt to escape was more successful. She reached Lexington, and there took the cars for Covington. oho was so Caucasian in appearance as to excite no suspicion, and reached Cincinnati salely. Hero she found frionds, occupation and a borne. Falling under revival influences, she became connected with tho churches here, and was constant in her attendance at meetings.tier master became in some way acquainted with her place of residence, and a few weeks since made an attempt to capture her. The son of her father, the son of her last owner and one or two others, came to the city in pursuit. Hearing of her religious propensities the young men became devout, (would they had remained so!) attended prayer meetings, listened to sormons, &c, and attracted tho notice of some zealous brethren, who thought they saw in the young men tbe be gitinings of the religious life. bo matters went on till one Sunday night they saw the white slave at church. Whcti she left for home, in compauy with some two or threo female friends, tbey followed them and attempted to arrest her. She, acting on the Apostle's injunction. "If thou inayest be free use it," rather resisted tho attempts at a capture. She had pluck as well as religion, tbe Kentuckians found. While they were squabling, two policeman came up and remonstrated with the two young men "for abusing the young ladies." The girls slipped off, leaving the policemen and tho Kentmk ians to settle matters. The next day she started for Canada, via tho Under Ground Railroad, and as she says in a letter received here a day or two ago, "arrived safely at .heaiing nothing of the pursuers, on the way; is well, and has met with kind friends." We regret to sav that the young Kentuekv gentlemen have dropped church going, and, if we may believo one of the girl's companions, on the night of the attempted arrest, made use of certain phrases, which, though often heard in (Orthodox) churches, are de-cidudly improper when used by laymen. Horrible Disclosure as to Bum Selling -a unua roisonea Jtsoys mcouragea in itum Holes. Owing to the fearful interest attached to the following naraative which was given to our reporter by a member of the Excise Board on Wednesday, we are not at liberty to with hold it from our readers, and in making it public commit no breach of confidence. The gentleman in question observed witb emotion that he had received a most painful letter that morning from an old and dear friend of his, informing bim of tho alarming illness of one of bis (the writer's) sons, a fine boy only eleven years old. For soino time past, the child's pallid looks, listless gaze, complete loss of appetite, inertive and at times, spasmodic action, had all combined to excite great alarm in the minds of the parents. Much curiosity was of course aroused on observing symptoms of a character so unusual in boys of his age, and so different from those attending the ordinary ailments of children. Suspicion arose on the part of his parents as to the ori gin of his malady, and that suspicion fortu nately led to tho solution of the mystery that seemed to hang around their darling child. Upon inquiries being made and investigation feing instituted by the father and his friends. it was immediately discovered that this child of eleven years, was in the habit of frequent. inz in company with other boys about his own age, a low rum shop in Lssex street, and there playing dominoes, smoking segars, and drinking tho miserable "rot-gut" of the place, encouraged to do so by the proprietor, with out doubt, for the afflicted father actually found bis little son's name marked down upon a slate in the bar as owing two or three dollars for drinks! The child is in a very pre, carious condition; indeed his permanent re covery is problematical, so gmat has been tbe inroad made upon his little constitution. Are these words sufficiently strong to condemn to perdition the fiendish spirit which in pursuit of gain, thus would sap the foundations of young life? However, the party is knewu, and may look out for a speedy attention on tbe part of oftended law X 7. Exprtu. News Items. The population of Mcxioo is about etgbt millions. The Gold of Iowa has proved to be nothing out iron pyrites. The population of all the world is estimated at 878.000,000. There are but three Revolutionary pensioners surviving in tbe State of Ohio. The man who courted an investigation Mrs, it isn't half so pleasact as courting an affec tionate girl. If a fee of fifty cents was charged to see the sun rise, nine-tenths of tbe world would bs op in the morning. On the 17th of April one gentleman in Sa vannah, Georgia, sold $150 worth of strawberries to go North. (r Elder Jacob Knapp, the eelebra ted re vivalist, has become the pastor of a new Baptist church in St. Louis. - . , . Total expense of organizing and sustaining for one year.tbe three new volunteer regiments of 2,632 men, $4,289,647 35. Tbe inability of a wife to make bread has been declared a sufficient ground for divorce by a County Agricultural Society of Iowa. The total number of persons converted bv the recent religious revival is stated to be 86.. 000. Of these New York bas furnished tbe greatest number, 161)001 and California, the least, 60. To kill bedbugs take corrosive sublimate and daub it all over your bedsteads: bum yoor bedsteads and bed clothing and more into another nrae. (ttr A colored girl was killed at Augusta, Oa., on the 10th, by the explosion of a nearly emptied barrel of kerosene oil, to the cm of which a lamp in hor hand set fire. The editor oflhe Charleston Mercury talk all the time about his heart leaping. What he thinks to be his heart is propably a frog." Lou. Jutir. OCT An auti-Lecompton State Convention for Pennsylvania, including all parties of the opposition, is called at Harristmrg on the 8th of J uly, to nominate State officers. . feJ-Jobn L. Robinson, United States Marshal of Indiana, has sued the editors of the Indiana State Journal for libel, in giving currency to tbe story that he was tawno. Tbe people of St Louis are described as divided into two claases: 1st, those who sell lager beer, 2d (which includes the first class) those who drink lager. (Kr J. G. Saxe, the poot-lecturorsnd politician, is at Washington, and wouldn't object t; a foreign mission just a little one. to ena-ble h imselfand wife to see Europo. Sriujffield Bepublkun. OCT The population of Oregon Torritorr consists of 75,000 whiles, 5,(XX) Chinese, and 3U0 colored people. Total 80,30). It is also estimated that tlicro am 15,000 voters. mm I - (r The working days in Switzerland are from fnurteon to ninoteen hours. The wage for children, 5 cents per day; women, from Id to ; men, from 40 to 50. ftir It is announced that "homo duties" prevent the attendence of Lucy Stone upon the New York anniversaries. Ah, that in deed! "Ob, rock tho cradlo. Lucy," &o. The Comuasd of the Utah Armv. It is rumored that General John A. Wool will lie detailed to Utah to take General Smith's position at the head of the United States forces. -V. Y. Post. fjiT Father, are there any boys in parliament House? ''No my son; why do you ask that question?" "Because I remember the papers said that the members kicked Mr. Brown's bill out of the house." Dear Mike: If yez don't get this litber at all. write and let'me know it, an I'll risa the divil wid the postmssthir. . An' mine now.yes don't pay a cint o' the postage in advance till ye seo the litber safe in the post office." OirThe tornado that swept through Illinois so fearfully, worked a good dual of mischief in Iowa. In Wapello it blew down two brick buildings, upset a frame, and tore sway several out bouses, and scared a great many people, without hurting anybody seriously. , 03" Much interest is still felt in the revival in New Yorkund other eastern cities. The daily prayer meetings in this city are still largely attended, and many persons are exceedingly zealous in carrying them on. Cms. In a Bad Wat. Prentice says: "Several of the Democratic papers admit that their party is badly ruptured. The fact is it has sustained an abdominal rupture and there is no patent truss strong enough to keep its bowels "P- ' OiyA strong nrmed woman at Smyrna, Delaware, Hogged a fellow sevsrely on the piazza of tho hotel, for seducing her husband to the tavorn, where the pair would indulge too freely in drink. She then offered her arm to her husband and conducted him home. 0 That the Democratic party is hopelessly joined to its idols, the niggers and nigger- drivers, is well proven by the fact that it has adopted, as a new plank in its platform, the exclusion from suffrage of all but citizens of the United States in tho Xerrttonus. Luces Natura. TheTipton Advertiser describes a pig with two bodies and three ears, but in other respects like the balanco of the porcine creation, which Dr. Carpenter, of that place, intends presenting to the Medical College at Keokuk. "If a man die, shall be live again?" And once a year have daisies answored it, and 'spring' s little infant'given its testimony, and every day has tbe morning testified, and yet the world is murmuring still, "if a man die, shall he live again?" OCT Albert Bust, a member of the 34th Congress, and whose distinguishing act was to strike Horace Greeley on the steps of the Capitol, bas been nominated tor-otoo-tion to the next Congress, from Arkansas, to succeed Edward A. Warren, tbe present member. . - I Qdeer to Mass. If young fellows are a great deal readier to volunteer to go and fight men who have fifty wives spiecu than tuooe who have only onu apiece, what are we to in for what are they after, the men or tbe women?Husband Li vino The husband pi the woman Warner, who was barreled up and seut to New York from Chicago, and who, it appears, bad previously deserted her, is living in Toronto with a paramour. He is a saloon keeper. A down Easter advertised for a wife in the following manner; 'Any gal what's got a cow. a good feather bed fixings, five hundred duU lars in bard pewter, one that's bad the meat sles and understands tondia child ren.can have a customer tor life by sendinga billy dux. ad dressed to Zeb Reynolds, and stick it oa Uncle Ebenezer's bain, binge side. Jiuin' the hog pen.' : . iw : t, , , CiT A few days ago a gentleman in eW vernation with some friends was nrai:ni Woodville. Miss , to tho skies, and remark! among other tbmgs that it was the mute quiet and peaceful place be ever saw then was uo quarelling and rowdvinm. uor fkhtiror about the streets, if a sentleinan InMiliJl another he mi guietU thot Uour mid then we (Er "Do yon keen nails hre?" sjJtikx sleepy looking lad walking into a hardware store, tbe other day, , YmmH I ! . J . I. - . .1. f.. . . ii urn ui naua; wuaifcuui W1U vou Have. ' sir. snd how many?" "Well said the boy, sliding towards tbe door, "I'll take a pound of linger nail n,d about a pound and a half ef toe nail." . Exit boy, with tbe toe of a wU bsuVh) boot following cloct ia bis rear 7

, i 4V f-f? I o VOL. IV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, .1858. NO. 31. mm . fltf IWf Iff 1 !( ,1 If 71 . II J. II II IMI (Ml II (III II RUTH. When the midnight kissed the hill-tops In the dew of early morn, ltuth went out behind the reapers, Through the golden shocks of corn. Patience gleaned with her the pastures, Hope sobbed softly In her sighs, , Lore lit up ber trembling features With a glow of Paradise. Then said Boaz to the reapers, "Hers be all that each man leaves; Trouble not the Jewish maiden, Let her glean among the sheaves," Long the master loved to linger Looking backward o'er the plain, Seeing there a sweeter treasure, m Than the summer scented grain. Ruth no longer haunts the pastures, Sobs no more amid the corn; Follows not the other reapers Through the dewy fields of morn. But the harvest-sons from meadow, Slum'brous bill-side, billowy plain, Bear the tidings "She is mistress Over all the rustling grain." Thus when Hope and Love and Patience : ' Glean the pasture Ood his sown, Softly angel-songs shall welcome Us, the reapers, as His own. Jba'ICerboq? HJife Cqired. My friend Wilkins married a sweet young girl of a quiet, amiable disposition, but in no way skilled in those domestic arts without a knowledge of which a wife's duties are always felt to be hard in the beginning. He was the envy of more than one who had aspired to the possession of her hard. I knew him to be industrious, intelligent and kind-hearted; tnd I felt sure that he had taken a life-companion who would be faithful and loving. The promise was bright enough to warrant a prophecy of more than ordinary happiness. They removed to another town. Ten years afterwards, in passing through that town, I called upon Wilkins, who met me with the old frank cordiality. Eyes and face were in a glow of pleasure, when, still grasping bis hand, I inquired after his wife. His countenance changed instantly. ., "Poor Mary!' he said, in a sad, discouraged way. ''She has no health." "I am sorry!" was my natural response. "Sickness and the loss of our children have so worn down body and mind that she is cow but a shadow of her former self. Worst of all her nerves are completely shattered. But you must see her. To meet an old friend will do her good. W ill you spend the evening with us?" I assented, and then made further inquiries about his family and worldly condition. His story was not a very bright one. The birth of the ir first child was followed by a prostrating sickness, which brought the young moth's1. to the utmost verge of death. "She has never had good health sinco,"said Wilkins, in a depressed voice. "My income was small.and we could not afford the amount of household assistance, in the beginning, that she really required; and so everything was against her restoration to sound health. Children came rapidly, bringing with them more exhausting cares. And the death of two of our little ones.to which I have referred, seem, eil to complete the work of ruin. She is now a hopeless invalii, a poor weak, nervous, unhappy creature, a mere wreck of what you saw ten years ago, moving, like a fearful ghost, through her daily round of duties, and and only kept alive by the constant and careful attention of a physician. I don't think the doctor has been out of my house for two weeks at a time for six years, and I am sure has received more than three hundred pounds of money in that time. The fact is what with doctor's bills, nurses, medicines, and the hundred nameless expenses a sick and nervous wife entails upon a man, my fortunes have been marred. Tbey keep me poor. . Wilkins spoke in a fretful tone. It was plain that he had grown impatient under the trials to which the bad health of his wife had -exposed him. I called at bis offico again towards evening, and went home with him. Had I met Mrs. Wilkins in the street,! would not have recog nized in her the happy bride who tan years before, blushing in beauty, I hod seen giving hor hand in a lifo partnership, with such loving confidence in the future, to the husband of of ber ohoice. Her countenance was wan and wasted, all the beautifully rounded outlines gone; hereyes deeply sunken, were languid almost laindifforence; her hair, once ikhly lux uriant, had fallen off, until scarce half of it re maioed, and that looked dry and , crisp, with here and there a premature line of grey. She .stooped slightly,and hor motions wire lifeless. A faint smile parted her lips as I grasped her hand with all the warmth of a genuine friendly interest. But it faded almost as soon as it was bom, . I tried to Ulk with her in a cheerful strain, and did succeed in awakening a brief interest in tbe olden time. But the present was too painfully real; it would not pei roil her thoughts to indulge in pleasant fanciest I could not helping asking about k herself sod ber children; and this turned the dttfrcnt of her feelings into its wanted channel; and I listened to ber sad heart tories.and painful experiences in sickness, until my own feelings were doepy (shadowed. I pitied her. Into what ft world of misery, instead of happiness, had1, marriage translated Bert ' As she tilked I observed ber husband tare- fully. It was plain that he had butlittle sym psthr with his wife 4 state of feeling. .He was a sufferer wi)th her, though in lighter do- gree; and, as his sufferings originated in her, there was plainly, a certain lack of kindly patience towards his companion. Several times he interrupted her, trying to draw the conversation into another channel; and once or twice he threw in depreciating sentences, as if she wero exaggerating the unhappy story of hor lifo. I learned that Mrs. Wilkins rarely, if even went out of her own house. Her duties were very arduous, and her ability, from health, small, Every day she worked to bodily exhaustion, and usually in pain. There was no recreation of anykind, bodily or mental. It was a living death. No wonder, she was drooping, wretched, nervous woman. Next day, I called to see my friend, having made up my mind to have a plain talk with him. 1 relorred to his wire, expressing my earnest sympathy in regard to her. "Poor Mary!" he replied; "her case is hope' less, and mine, too, I fear." "While there's life, there's hope," said 1 using the physician's half-despairing axiom. Ho regarded me a little curiously "How often do you take her out?' I inquir- He shook his head. "Can't afford carriage hire; 'tis as much as I can do to pay the doctor. No, no, neither of us have time nor money, to spend for riding out, "Change, and fresh air, you will find better and cheaper medicines than doctor's stuff.-Do you take ber to the sea side in summer? "You are jesting, he replied, with the air of one who felt that undue liberty bad been ta ken "Far from it, my friend," I answered seriously, 'I feci too warm an interest in you to jest on a subject like this.' "A visit to a watering place is a luxury,"he remarked sadly. "Do not namo them as luxuries in your case If the enervated votary of pleasure needs them for recreation, and to impart a new zest to the year's succeeding round of gay exis tence, bow much more essential are they for the sick, the earnest labor. I fear my friend that you have not thought wisely of your wife's true position; that, in some sense, you are to blamo for her present ill health and state o( mental depressions." "How?" Wilkins looked surprised. "The human soul," I answered, "is not a piece of Senseless machinery; not made up Of a series of iron wheels that can do their work as well in the dark underground chamber as in the broad daylight. Even the flower must have change sir, sunlight, morning, evening. and tbe advancing seasons, for its healthy growth; and maturity. But the human soul is of higher organization; and has multitudi nous wants compared with the flower. Shut up the flower from the warm sun and the re freshing air, and will it not grow sickly? nay will it not fade whither, and die? You are treating your wife with less consideration than you would treat a houso plant. No wonder that she is dying daily. Wilkins really looked amazed, and I was for a little while in doubt whether he were offended at my freedom, or astounded at his own blindness touching the nature of wants of the human soul which he had joined in life com. panionship with his own, "Nature's two best physicians," I went on 'are pure air and exercise. And, what is bet' ter, ttjey charge nothing for attendance." "To a large part of mankind," answered Wilkins, ''time is money It is our case." "Don't make that too positive a conclusion Increase the strength and you diminish the hours of labor nay, more, you remove the cause of extreme exhaustion. My word for it, if you spent twenty pounds a year in giv. ing your wife change of scene, sea-bathing, and mental as well as bodily re-creation, your doctor's bill would have been reduced by more than that amount. , How often do you take her to concerts, or other places of innocent amusement?" 'We have'nt been to a concert for five years.' Said he. "And yet I remember she was passionately fond of music. "We can't afford it," remarked Wilkins, gloomily, "Better go without a dinner occasionally. Health of the soul Is quite as essential as health of the body. If you starve the former what is there in mere eating and drinking worth living for?" "Mary would'nt go if I were to purchase tickets, ..She has housed herself so long that she has no desire to step across the thresh- hold." "For which, speaking frankly, and to an old friend, you are, in a great measure, to blame. And, nnless you at once, and with a purpose not to bo set aside by first difficulties.actuaHy compel your drooping wife to go forth, a few years will close up the history of a wretched life." "Ah!' said he, "I can feel tbe force of what vou say! But bow and where to begin? That is the question." "I notice," was my reply, "that a eelebra ted composer and pianist is in your town and will give this evening one of his concerts. Take her to hear him." "I'm sure she will not go." ' ''I am going to invite ber," said I; ."and I don't believe she will refuse me. Wilkins was quite positive. "We'll see. Yon will take a note of invi tation from me. I will encloso tickets for you both, and say that I will call in the evening, and make one of the company at the concert?' Wilkins wis incredulous, and half opposed me; but my interest in bis unhappy wife was too strong, and I resolved to have my own way. The tickets and invitation were accordingly sent. I called at my friend's office, in the afternoon, to go borne with him. "Well," said I, cheerfully, "what word from your good wife? Will she be ready for the concert?" "I'm afraid not." Wilkins shook his head and looked gloomy. "What did she say?" "That it was impossible for her to go out that she couidn't leave the children, and finally after I had met every objection with a reason that could not be gainsaid, she declared that she didn't feel a wish to go, and could not think of it." "The ice is very solid, and hard to break through." I smiled as I spoke. "It is that want of inclination which must bs overcome. She'll go if we insist upon it." "I know hor a great deal better than you do." was his answer. I went home with him. There was a change in Mrs. Wilkins; a glance revealed this. The languor and exhaustion, so painfully apparont on the previous evening, were scarcely visible. Her eyes were brighter, her countenance more elevated, her lips had a firmer outline. I saw that some attention had been given her dress; and, though not in the concert trim, it was plain enough that it would not take her a very great while to be in presentable eondition. Wilkins was in error. His wife did go to the concert, and surprised both him and herself by the amount of pleasuro she teceived from the exquisite performance. Indeed, she ex pressed her satisfaction in lively terms, and with a glowing face, in the intervals of many of the pieces. "How is Mrs. Wilkins?" I asked of my friend, as I entered his place of business on the next day. "Cotter than for many months, I am picas. ed tossy," was bis answer. "She seemed, this morning, almost another woman. That music was like an elixir to her soul." "I had faith in it," said I. "Depend upon it, Wilkins, you have been consenting to your wife's death by murder and suicide murder on your part and suicide on hers. My next recommendation is the seaside. Giro up your business for a week; take your wife to some watering place immediately. Sea air, sea-bathing and a sight of old ocean will put new life into her veins." "She can't possibly leave home. We have too many young children." 3 "She'll have to leave home, and her young children, too, for over, if you don't do some thing to save her." I spoke with some fouling, for I was a little provoked at my friond's inclination to throw difficulties in the way. "Just make up your mind that t ha thing has to be done, and I'll answer for your wife. The fact is, it's my opinion that she'll say 'Yes on the first proposition." And so she did. A little management was practised. I accepted another invitation to tea, and, during the evening, gave as graphic a description as was in my power, of the novelty, excitement add wonderfully beneficial effects of a week at the sea shore. My own experience was quite to the point, having re gained my strength almost by magic after a long period of extreme nervous exhaustion. "You must tako your wife to the seaside. It is just what she wants," said I, after the way bad boen fully prepared. Wilkins followed up with such a hearty acquiescence that the point was carried undor scarcely any appearance of objection. Difficulties were, of course, suggested; but these were pronounced of such slender importance that they were waived almost as soon as presented. Two days afterwards I had the satisfaction of seeing them off. As I shook hands with them at parting, I could see in the countenance of Mrs. Wilkins, some reviving traces of her old girlish beauty; and a rekindling in ber eyes of the light of other days. A year afterwards, I made it my business to visit my old acquaintance. He received me with a warmth of manner and cheerfulness of spirit which satisfied me that his state of mind had considerably improved. "How is Mrs. Wilkins?" I immediately inquired. A broad smile went over his face as bo re plied: 'A thousand times better than when you saw her a year ago." "I am delighted to hear you say so. How did the seaside prescription answer?" "Admirably. It worked like a charm. Ma ry came back another woman. It was to bet almost like discovering the fountain of eter nal youth. I never saw such a change in any one." "Didn't she fall back into old habits of mind and body afur bur return to the city?' -No." "How did you prevent this?" I inquired. "By acting on tbe hint you gave, I hired a carriage for an excursion, once a week, while tho pleasant weather lasted, and it cost me a few shillings each time; but it was cheaper than paying tbe doctor, and the medicine cur ed more radically. You can't imagine what a change in her feelings took place. Nothing outside of tbe narrow circle of home interested her before; thought seemed asleep, or pal sied; but now she takes an interest in every thing." - . s i' Was it sot starved into more than infan tile weakness?" I inquired. "Perhaps so," he said, thoughtfully. "The mind must have it appropriate (bod as well as the body." "Noth ing is truer than that," I replied. "And. like the body, it must have the al terations of shade and sunshine, fresh air and exercise. It most nave change ana recrea tion, as well as seasons of labor. Without these, mental health is impossible; and, without mental health, there can be no true bodily health." Husbands, I fear, are not thoughtful enough about their wives in this particular. I am very certain if every toiling housekeeper, and worn -down, exhausted mother, whose pale face is hardly ever seen beyond the portals of her own door, were forced abroad occasionally into the social world, if they would not go willingly, and taken yearly to the seaside for a few weeks, that hundreds and thousands of wivos and mothers, who are now sickly, nerv ous and unhappy, would be in tho enjoymont of good health and cheerful spirits, giving light to their homes and happiness to the hearts of their husbands. Try the prescription, yo men with sickly toiling, exhausted wives, whose pale faces haunt your homes like ghosts of former bles sings. Pity them wisely, and hold them back while you may, from the low resting places under the greon turf towards which they aro descending with rapid feet. The Useful and the Beautifui,. The tomb of Moses is unknown, but the traveler slakes his thirst at the well of Jacob. The gorgoous palace of tho wisest of inonarchs, with the cedar, and gold, and ivory, and even the Temple of Jerusalem, hallowed by the visiblo glory of tho Deity himself, are gone; but Solomon's resorvinrs are as perfect as ever. Of the ancient architecture, of tbe holy city, not one stone is left upon another; but the pool of Bethesdu commands the pilgrim's reverence to the present day. The columns ol Pcrscpolis are mouldering into the dust; but its cisterns and acqueducts remain to challenge our admiration; the golden house of Nero is a mass of ruins, but tho Aqua Claudia still pours into Komo its limpid streams. The temple of the Sun at Tadmor in the wilderness has fallen, but its fountain sparkles as freely in his rays as when thousands of worshippers thronged its lofty col-onades.It may be that London will share the fato of Babylon, and nothing bo left to mark its site save the mounds of Crumbling brickwork; but the Thames will continue to flow as it dues now. And if any work of art should still rise over the deep ocean of time, we may well believe that it will be neither palace nor temple, but some vast reservoir. And if the light of any should still flash through the midst of antiquity, it will probably be that of the man who, in his day sought the happiness of bis fellowmen rather than glory, and linked his memory to some great work of national utility and benevolence. This is the glory which outlives all other, and shines with undying lustre from generation to generation, imparting to its work something of its own immortality, and in some degree rescuing therefrom the ordinary monuments of historical tradition of more magnificence. JSvff. Chriitian Advocate. Support your Home Papers. The Cleveland Herald talks thus sensibly upon tho duty of supporting home papers: 'Recollect if a home weekly paper is to be supported, home influeneo must do it. Every aouar sent to eastorn papers is at the expense of tbe local papers. A county acquires prominence through its papers more than in anv othor way, and to everyone who has county interests at staico, nis homo paper is a neces sity. Never will such a man take a paper printed away from home until he 13 able to take a second paper. His first paper will be his home sheet, and ho will so identify his home interests with that of his county paper. as to consider his subscription as much a mat-tor of yearly duty as the payment of bis taxes. Make a Beginning'. Remember, that in all things, if vou do not begin, you will never come to an end. The first weed pulled up, in the garden, the first seed set in the ground, the first shilling put into the savings bank, and the first mile traveled iu a journey, are all important things they make a beginning, and thereby a hrpo.a promise, a pledge, an assurance that you are in earnest with what you have undertaken. Uow many a poor, idle, erring, hesitating out cast is now creeping and crawling his way through the world, who might have held up his bead and prospered, it instead of putting on cis resolutions oi amendments and indus try, had he only made a beginning. Ilarriage an Antidote. The Buffalo Express states that a vordant but excessively loving couple belonging to Canada, upon getting married traveled across the line, and brought up at a Hotel in Clove land. Upon retiring at night, th rough haste, or negligence, or ignorance, tbey blow out the gas instead of turning it out. In the morning, while the boarders in all the adjoining rooms wero hall dead, the happy lovers were bright er and happier than refer, lias couldn smother them. Tbe inference is (says tho Express) atht marriage is an antidote for poison. Brutes lots Men more than Women. A writer in the Atlantio Monthly puts it thus: Kato the other day, was asserting a wife's right to control her own property, and inci dentally advocating the equality of the sexes a touchy point with ber I put in. "Tell me then Kate, wby animals form stronger attachment to men than women. 1 our dog, your parrot, and even your cat, al. ready prefer me to you. How can you ao count for it, unless you allow there is more in us to respect and lover" "I account tor it," said she, with a most decided nod, 'by affinity between .jrou and the brutes." Great Hurricane nr Canada. The parish of Ste. Amies des flams, ierrebonne, ti , was visited by a destructive hurricane on tbe 15th ult In adistrict two miles long by one broad, forty buildings, including eleven dwel ling houses, were destroyed. Fortunately there was no loss of human life; three cows and a horse were killed. Trees of tbe largest sise were prostrated, and great damage done to fences. A barn 60 feet long, with all its contents, was carried ten feet front its site without being destroyed. The damage done is estimated at $80,000. Cttr Rufus Choate is suggested by a Demo- cratio paper as a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts at tne next election. To re concile tbe party to the nomination, the suggestion is accompanied with a bint that tbe Democrats will probably fail to elect their tick et this year, whoever is run. The Tomb of David. The following description of the tomb of David is from the new work "The City of the great King," by Jas. T. Barclay, (now in course of publication by James Cballes & Sons, Philadelphia:) The reputed tomb of David is Just outside .ion uute, hard by the toonaculum and American cemettry. It is surrounded by an irregular pue oi buildings, and surmounted by a dome and minaret. In the interior are some of the most erotusoue architectural em bollishinents imaginable, on the capitals of some remains ot tbe Crusaders' architecture. Just think of the frightful owl occupying the place of the classic acanthus and the mythic ioiusi w e passed the several balls and corn-dors, evidently of the style of the Quixotic erra of the Crusaders' combination, before reaching the consecrated apartment, whose entnnce is guarded by double iron doors. W found here an old dervise, prostration prayer, on tne cold stone uoor. .Not being privileged, as weentcrod the sacred precincts he was con tent with gazing at the tomb through tbe iron oars; lor it is a rare thing for even a Mussut man ecclesiastic to gain admittance. "J he room is insignificant in its dimen sions, but is furnished very gorgeously. The tomb is apparently un immense sarcophagus oi rough stone, and is covered by green satin tapestry richly embroidered with gold. To this a piece of black velvet is attached, with a few inscriptions from the Koran embroider ed also in gold. A sa tin canopy of red, blue, green and yollow stripes hangs over tbe tomb, and another piece ot black velvet tapestry. enioroiuerea in silver covers a door in one end of tho room, which they said leads to cave underneath. Two tall silver candlesticks stand before this door, and a little lamp hangs in a wiuuow near n, wmcn is Kept constant' iy Durnmc. u he coiling or the room is vault ed, and the walls covered with blue por ceiain in iiorai bgiires. Formal Consummation of the Union of the Psalm-Singing Churches. On Wednesday morning, tho Associate and Associate Reformed Synods met in the City Hall.at Pittsburgh, and made a formal consummation of the Union between theso two bod ies Rev. Donald C. McLaren. D. D.. of Geneva New York, the senior Moderator ot the two bodies, presided. The exercises were opened with prayer by Ro .T T rv... n n rpi. . ..'m. iubo jouiea in singing ine iuuth rsalm, "All peoplo that on earth do dwoll," &o. This Psalm was sung to tho tune of "Old Hundred" Luther's grand old tuno, with which he was wont to cheer his heart, and which has since stirred the blood cf the Chris. tian of every land. The harmony of the thousand voices of that vast assembly, ming ling in praise to uoa, was sublime and impreS' sive ouyona express'on. Addresses were made by Rev. James Rogers, D. D., Rev. John T. Pressly, D. D., Rev. o. sr. smart and Ko v. James Fressly. The formal union of the two bodies was fi nally consummated by the two Moderators extending to each other tho right band of fel lowship, as a pledge of their mutual love and forbearance. The doxology was then sang by the whole congregation standing, the benediction pro nounced by tho Moderator and the ceremonies ended. The now Synods of the United Presbyte. rian Church wore constituted and is now in seS' sion. Another Military Movement. Orders have beon issued for the march of about two hundred troops from Memphis to oui norma via tne couiuern route. They take with them some four hundred hordes, in tended for Cavalry service in California. A large number of wagons were shipped on board one of our Memphis boats, a day or iwusiuce, iiuuuuea tor uid commana, out before the vessel got under way, the order was countermanded, and they have not been sent, Col. Fautleroy goes in command, and Cant. Smith, of this city, is also ordered on this duty. Misiouri Hep., 5th. Death or Another Havelock. Wo re- gret much to record the death of Lieutenant C. W. Havelock, of the Ghoorka Regiment. nophew of the late Major Goneral. On marching out of Jaur.pore, a large body of rebels were on the qut vwe to attack Sir Edward Lugard in the rear on his approach to Azimghur. This caused the Colonel to altet his plans.and compelled him before proceeding lurtner to disperse this body, and while hunting up these fellows, poor Lieutenant Havelock was shot from a hut in an obscure village. Havelock was at Goruckporo and Azimghur at tbe time ol the mutiny ol the 12th Irregulars, of which bo was adjutant. Subsequently he went up as a volunteor with his uncle, and has been before Lucknow ever since. tlis fate is deplored by all who knew him. De!M Gazette, April Vth. A Perilous Position. A lady swooned the other day before one of the horrible Cawn-pore pictures in the Royal Academy. Owing to the preposterous circumlorencc or her dress, it was found impossible to approach within several yards of her. It was apprehended at one time that she would perish within sight of several hundred sympathizing bystanders, owing to the difficulty of conveying assistance to ber; and it was not before the greater part or the skirt (more than sufficient, we are in formed, to fill with flounces and trimmings, three good sized wheelbarrows) bad been ruthlessly cut away, that restoratives could be administered to her. One minute more delay, and the case might have been fatal, Eastern Repbesiktatjon nr Congress. The election of Hon. Henry B. Anthony, the accomplished editor of the Providence Journal, to the Un ted States Senate, dis places the last supporter of the Adminntra tion, in that body, from New England. The next Congressional elections will give a like unanimity to the Opposition representation in the House from the six Eastern States. Two members from Connecticut are now the only exception. ew lorlc has no Democratic Senator, and will bare very few, if ant, lop. porters of Leoomptonism in the next House. "Weitwari tb Him of raiplre UinlU way." ft? The? are getting sharp down to Lafay ette, la., under the influence of their great mineral water facilities. A horticulturist ad vertised tbat. be would supply all sorts of trees and plants, especially "pie plants or all kinds." A gentleman thereupon sent him an order for "one package of custard pie seed.aod a few dozen of mince pie plants.'' The gar dener promptly filled tbe order by sending nin lour goose eggs, ana a small dog. From the Cincinnati Guiotte. xno "wmte siaver no Fiction a Young White) Woman Chased by tho Kentucky Hunters Her Es cape. About the first of January there arrived at the depot of the U. U. R. &., in this city, a woman, quite bandsome, and perfectly white, who came from Lexington, Ky. She told a story, the truth of which was subsequently ascertained by the tgonts of the U. G. R. It. Her father was her first master, and resided in the interior of Kentucky. As we have said, the r.egro element in her was completely bleached out. She was, consequently, treated like a free person, and was told by her father that in his will be had made provision for her manumission. Her father died, and his will was, it is supposed, destroyed by some of the heirs, as it contemplated a disposition of his property not acceptable to them. The girl was sold with the estate. She was bought by a man who treated her so badly that she attempted to run away. She was caught, brought back and beaten so that she still boars the marks of the whip upon hor back. Her second attempt to escape was more successful. She reached Lexington, and there took the cars for Covington. oho was so Caucasian in appearance as to excite no suspicion, and reached Cincinnati salely. Hero she found frionds, occupation and a borne. Falling under revival influences, she became connected with tho churches here, and was constant in her attendance at meetings.tier master became in some way acquainted with her place of residence, and a few weeks since made an attempt to capture her. The son of her father, the son of her last owner and one or two others, came to the city in pursuit. Hearing of her religious propensities the young men became devout, (would they had remained so!) attended prayer meetings, listened to sormons, &c, and attracted tho notice of some zealous brethren, who thought they saw in the young men tbe be gitinings of the religious life. bo matters went on till one Sunday night they saw the white slave at church. Whcti she left for home, in compauy with some two or threo female friends, tbey followed them and attempted to arrest her. She, acting on the Apostle's injunction. "If thou inayest be free use it," rather resisted tho attempts at a capture. She had pluck as well as religion, tbe Kentuckians found. While they were squabling, two policeman came up and remonstrated with the two young men "for abusing the young ladies." The girls slipped off, leaving the policemen and tho Kentmk ians to settle matters. The next day she started for Canada, via tho Under Ground Railroad, and as she says in a letter received here a day or two ago, "arrived safely at .heaiing nothing of the pursuers, on the way; is well, and has met with kind friends." We regret to sav that the young Kentuekv gentlemen have dropped church going, and, if we may believo one of the girl's companions, on the night of the attempted arrest, made use of certain phrases, which, though often heard in (Orthodox) churches, are de-cidudly improper when used by laymen. Horrible Disclosure as to Bum Selling -a unua roisonea Jtsoys mcouragea in itum Holes. Owing to the fearful interest attached to the following naraative which was given to our reporter by a member of the Excise Board on Wednesday, we are not at liberty to with hold it from our readers, and in making it public commit no breach of confidence. The gentleman in question observed witb emotion that he had received a most painful letter that morning from an old and dear friend of his, informing bim of tho alarming illness of one of bis (the writer's) sons, a fine boy only eleven years old. For soino time past, the child's pallid looks, listless gaze, complete loss of appetite, inertive and at times, spasmodic action, had all combined to excite great alarm in the minds of the parents. Much curiosity was of course aroused on observing symptoms of a character so unusual in boys of his age, and so different from those attending the ordinary ailments of children. Suspicion arose on the part of his parents as to the ori gin of his malady, and that suspicion fortu nately led to tho solution of the mystery that seemed to hang around their darling child. Upon inquiries being made and investigation feing instituted by the father and his friends. it was immediately discovered that this child of eleven years, was in the habit of frequent. inz in company with other boys about his own age, a low rum shop in Lssex street, and there playing dominoes, smoking segars, and drinking tho miserable "rot-gut" of the place, encouraged to do so by the proprietor, with out doubt, for the afflicted father actually found bis little son's name marked down upon a slate in the bar as owing two or three dollars for drinks! The child is in a very pre, carious condition; indeed his permanent re covery is problematical, so gmat has been tbe inroad made upon his little constitution. Are these words sufficiently strong to condemn to perdition the fiendish spirit which in pursuit of gain, thus would sap the foundations of young life? However, the party is knewu, and may look out for a speedy attention on tbe part of oftended law X 7. Exprtu. News Items. The population of Mcxioo is about etgbt millions. The Gold of Iowa has proved to be nothing out iron pyrites. The population of all the world is estimated at 878.000,000. There are but three Revolutionary pensioners surviving in tbe State of Ohio. The man who courted an investigation Mrs, it isn't half so pleasact as courting an affec tionate girl. If a fee of fifty cents was charged to see the sun rise, nine-tenths of tbe world would bs op in the morning. On the 17th of April one gentleman in Sa vannah, Georgia, sold $150 worth of strawberries to go North. (r Elder Jacob Knapp, the eelebra ted re vivalist, has become the pastor of a new Baptist church in St. Louis. - . , . Total expense of organizing and sustaining for one year.tbe three new volunteer regiments of 2,632 men, $4,289,647 35. Tbe inability of a wife to make bread has been declared a sufficient ground for divorce by a County Agricultural Society of Iowa. The total number of persons converted bv the recent religious revival is stated to be 86.. 000. Of these New York bas furnished tbe greatest number, 161)001 and California, the least, 60. To kill bedbugs take corrosive sublimate and daub it all over your bedsteads: bum yoor bedsteads and bed clothing and more into another nrae. (ttr A colored girl was killed at Augusta, Oa., on the 10th, by the explosion of a nearly emptied barrel of kerosene oil, to the cm of which a lamp in hor hand set fire. The editor oflhe Charleston Mercury talk all the time about his heart leaping. What he thinks to be his heart is propably a frog." Lou. Jutir. OCT An auti-Lecompton State Convention for Pennsylvania, including all parties of the opposition, is called at Harristmrg on the 8th of J uly, to nominate State officers. . feJ-Jobn L. Robinson, United States Marshal of Indiana, has sued the editors of the Indiana State Journal for libel, in giving currency to tbe story that he was tawno. Tbe people of St Louis are described as divided into two claases: 1st, those who sell lager beer, 2d (which includes the first class) those who drink lager. (Kr J. G. Saxe, the poot-lecturorsnd politician, is at Washington, and wouldn't object t; a foreign mission just a little one. to ena-ble h imselfand wife to see Europo. Sriujffield Bepublkun. OCT The population of Oregon Torritorr consists of 75,000 whiles, 5,(XX) Chinese, and 3U0 colored people. Total 80,30). It is also estimated that tlicro am 15,000 voters. mm I - (r The working days in Switzerland are from fnurteon to ninoteen hours. The wage for children, 5 cents per day; women, from Id to ; men, from 40 to 50. ftir It is announced that "homo duties" prevent the attendence of Lucy Stone upon the New York anniversaries. Ah, that in deed! "Ob, rock tho cradlo. Lucy," &o. The Comuasd of the Utah Armv. It is rumored that General John A. Wool will lie detailed to Utah to take General Smith's position at the head of the United States forces. -V. Y. Post. fjiT Father, are there any boys in parliament House? ''No my son; why do you ask that question?" "Because I remember the papers said that the members kicked Mr. Brown's bill out of the house." Dear Mike: If yez don't get this litber at all. write and let'me know it, an I'll risa the divil wid the postmssthir. . An' mine now.yes don't pay a cint o' the postage in advance till ye seo the litber safe in the post office." OirThe tornado that swept through Illinois so fearfully, worked a good dual of mischief in Iowa. In Wapello it blew down two brick buildings, upset a frame, and tore sway several out bouses, and scared a great many people, without hurting anybody seriously. , 03" Much interest is still felt in the revival in New Yorkund other eastern cities. The daily prayer meetings in this city are still largely attended, and many persons are exceedingly zealous in carrying them on. Cms. In a Bad Wat. Prentice says: "Several of the Democratic papers admit that their party is badly ruptured. The fact is it has sustained an abdominal rupture and there is no patent truss strong enough to keep its bowels "P- ' OiyA strong nrmed woman at Smyrna, Delaware, Hogged a fellow sevsrely on the piazza of tho hotel, for seducing her husband to the tavorn, where the pair would indulge too freely in drink. She then offered her arm to her husband and conducted him home. 0 That the Democratic party is hopelessly joined to its idols, the niggers and nigger- drivers, is well proven by the fact that it has adopted, as a new plank in its platform, the exclusion from suffrage of all but citizens of the United States in tho Xerrttonus. Luces Natura. TheTipton Advertiser describes a pig with two bodies and three ears, but in other respects like the balanco of the porcine creation, which Dr. Carpenter, of that place, intends presenting to the Medical College at Keokuk. "If a man die, shall be live again?" And once a year have daisies answored it, and 'spring' s little infant'given its testimony, and every day has tbe morning testified, and yet the world is murmuring still, "if a man die, shall he live again?" OCT Albert Bust, a member of the 34th Congress, and whose distinguishing act was to strike Horace Greeley on the steps of the Capitol, bas been nominated tor-otoo-tion to the next Congress, from Arkansas, to succeed Edward A. Warren, tbe present member. . - I Qdeer to Mass. If young fellows are a great deal readier to volunteer to go and fight men who have fifty wives spiecu than tuooe who have only onu apiece, what are we to in for what are they after, the men or tbe women?Husband Li vino The husband pi the woman Warner, who was barreled up and seut to New York from Chicago, and who, it appears, bad previously deserted her, is living in Toronto with a paramour. He is a saloon keeper. A down Easter advertised for a wife in the following manner; 'Any gal what's got a cow. a good feather bed fixings, five hundred duU lars in bard pewter, one that's bad the meat sles and understands tondia child ren.can have a customer tor life by sendinga billy dux. ad dressed to Zeb Reynolds, and stick it oa Uncle Ebenezer's bain, binge side. Jiuin' the hog pen.' : . iw : t, , , CiT A few days ago a gentleman in eW vernation with some friends was nrai:ni Woodville. Miss , to tho skies, and remark! among other tbmgs that it was the mute quiet and peaceful place be ever saw then was uo quarelling and rowdvinm. uor fkhtiror about the streets, if a sentleinan InMiliJl another he mi guietU thot Uour mid then we (Er "Do yon keen nails hre?" sjJtikx sleepy looking lad walking into a hardware store, tbe other day, , YmmH I ! . J . I. - . .1. f.. . . ii urn ui naua; wuaifcuui W1U vou Have. ' sir. snd how many?" "Well said the boy, sliding towards tbe door, "I'll take a pound of linger nail n,d about a pound and a half ef toe nail." . Exit boy, with tbe toe of a wU bsuVh) boot following cloct ia bis rear 7